their first and final poem

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DARK

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DARK

we met after my uncle tightened his neck.
dark skin
dark hair
dark eyes.
dark.
he was there when i thought to do the same.
because he told me to.
we did marriage counseling.
they asked me how we're doing.
i'm doing good.
no.
i said
we're doing horrible.
because he told me to.
i went to the hospital.
my neck was tightened twice as hard.
because he told me to.
he was my only visitor.
in his dark voice
he reminded me i was never going to leave.
so i didn't.
because he told me to.
he got jealous of another girl
with dark skin
dark hair
dark eyes.
but she wasn't dark.
and i think that's why he was jealous.
so i was released
to mortify her
and make her dark.
because he told me to.
he gets jealous of other guys
with darker skin
darker hair
darker eyes.
darker.
he gives me a taste of their darkness.
which makes me realize that his is bittersweet.
so i go back to him.
because he told me to.
we went back to marriage counseling.
they don't ask how we're doing.
they ask how i'm doing.
i'm miserable.
no.
i say
i'm great.
because he told me to
with his hands back around my neck.

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